Saturday, May 5, 2007

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While "Spider-Man 3" is dominating blogs and box offices, two films that opened in select cities this weekend are worth a mention: "Away from Her" starring Julie Christie and "Paris je t'aime." No word on when these films will make it to Little Rock.

David Edelstein of New York Magazine writes, "Away From Her is a twilight-of-life love story, one that harshly demolishes our romantic notions of love and loyalty, then replaces them with something deeper and, finally, more consoling." A.O. Scott of The New York Times opines, "the film is by turns sharp and somber, alive to the lacerations of ordinary experience and quietly attentive to grand absurdities and small instances of grace. . .I can’t remember the last time the movies yielded up a love story so painful, so tender and so true." Carina Chocano of the LA Times believes, "Away From Her is poignant, wise and unafraid — just the sort of film for a young person, or any person, for that matter, to make." This film has 100% Cream of the Crop rating on Rottentomatoes.com.

More by BSR

"Sunshine Cleaning," "Wendy and Lucy." And this is fantastic.

Thanks to Philip Martin for a shout-out in his Friday MovieStyle column. I haven't posted my Netflix queue in a while, so here it is.Frozen River; Miracle at St. Anna; Hellboy II: The Golden Army; Happy-Go-Lucky; and Cadillac Records - - all 2008 releases that I missed.